linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] device property: Remove device_add

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Message-ID: <CAJZ5v0iVTGbgdU5Ux992fYim8zpV_GstJhYMLStr7YcQNWFPyQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 24 Nov 2021 15:30:53 +0100
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To:     Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Zhangfei Gao <zhangfei.gao@...aro.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux PCI <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] device property: Remove device_add_properties()

On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 3:15 PM Heikki Krogerus
<heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 02:59:01PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 1:10 PM Heikki Krogerus
> > <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > One more version. Hopefully the commit messages are now OK. No other
> > > changes since v3:
> > >
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20211006112643.77684-1-heikki.krogerus@linux.intel.com/
> > >
> > >
> > > v3 cover letter:
> > >
> > > In this third version of this series, the second patch is now split in
> > > two. The device_remove_properties() call is first removed from
> > > device_del() in its own patch, and the
> > > device_add/remove_properties() API is removed separately in the last
> > > patch. I hope the commit messages are clear enough this time.
> > >
> > >
> > > v2 cover letter:
> > >
> > > This is the second version where I only modified the commit message of
> > > the first patch according to comments from Bjorn.
> > >
> > >
> > > Original cover letter:
> > >
> > > There is one user left for the API, so converting that to use software
> > > node API instead, and removing the function.
> > >
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > >
> > > Heikki Krogerus (3):
> > >   PCI: Convert to device_create_managed_software_node()
> > >   driver core: Don't call device_remove_properties() from device_del()
> > >   device property: Remove device_add_properties() API
> > >
> > >  drivers/base/core.c      |  1 -
> > >  drivers/base/property.c  | 48 ----------------------------------------
> > >  drivers/pci/quirks.c     |  2 +-
> > >  include/linux/property.h |  4 ----
> > >  4 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 54 deletions(-)
> >
> > Has this been picked up already or am I expected to pick it up?
>
> It hasn't been picked up by anybody, so if you can take these, that
> would be great.

OK, applied as 5.17 material now.

Greg, please let me know if you'd rather take these patches yourself
and I'll drop them in that case.

Thanks!